Laserjet 4m plus

Hi all. I have a *really* nice LaserJet 4m Plus with the duplex and the (not sure what to call it) extra capacity base unit. It's big, it's ugly, it's old, and it works GREAT for my non-commercial (in other words) home.
It was previously "owned" by an older XP tower system that I kept around specifically as a print server; in addition to the 4m that system also supported a 970Cxi deskjet. Both of thes printers were shared by that print server, evey other system (about 5 or 6 depending on who was visiting) were quite happy to send print jobs to either of the printers and both printers performed remarkably well.
In the past couple of weeks unfortunately that tower system died, and I was given an HP Pvailion DV8000 laptop, which I'm now using as the print server. The 970Cxi is attached via USB, shared, networked, and just as before it works exacly as I want it to. The 4m however can't (mpore on that in a moment) attach to the laptop though as there is no parallel port on the laptop ... only USB

Hello kbright,
Welcome to the HP Consumer printer Forums.
The product you have is a commercial printer. I suggest posting in the forum for HP Business Support for a better chance at finding a solution.
Here is the link to the Commercial Laserjet board:
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/bd-p/bsc-413
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Hi @rajahp ,
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Inspect the toner cartridge for damage:
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Hello Lacie4,
The Laserjet 4 Plus is a commercial printer. I suggest posting in the forum for HP Business Support for a better chance at finding a solution.
Here is the link to the Commercial Laserjet board:
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/bd-p/bsc-413
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@reneis1forever
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